Improved anchor



UNITED STATES PATENT OEE ICE.

EDWARD R. O. MORGAN, OF MUMBLES, SOUTH WALES,ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TOABRAHAM MORREL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVED ANCHOR.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 43,2? 3, dated June 21,1864.

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be `it known that I, EDWARD R. C. MOR. GAN, of the village of Mumbles,in the county ot' Glamorgan, South Wales, England, have invented a newand Improved Anchor; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull and exact description thereof, reference being h id to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked t-hereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the ai rangement of the two iukeshinged to the anchor shank by separate bolts, independent of each otherand connecting the two lnkes together by means of a segment passingthrough a suitable hole or slot in the shank, whereby, while thelowerfluke will, by its own weight, fall into the desired position, the upperfluke will be moved near to theshank to prevent any fouling of thecable, and at the same time prevent any strain on the upper fluke orshank.

By this improvement the cable is also prevented from fouling the anchor,and in case of one uke breaking the anchor will easily reverse and holdwith the second uke.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I represents a front view ofmyimproved anchor. Fig. Il shows a side view of the anchor-shank, andFig. III a side view of the uke.

Y Similar letters represent similar parts.

A is the stock of the anchor; B, the shank. The lower end or crown ofthe shank,(), is furnished with two projections or catches,D D.

E E are the two dukes, fixed independent ot' each other to the crown Cof the anchorshank by means of the two bolts n n. The nkes E E areconnected together by a curved arm, G, passing through a hole or slot,It, in the throat of the anchor-shank. On each side of the throatprojections mm are made, fitting partly around the hub of the tlukes.

When the lower iiuke lakes hold of the bottom, the curved arm G holdsthe upper fluke onto the sha-nk.I but at the same time the upper uke isbrought onto the shank by the lower iiuke through the curved arm G nopressure or strain is brought on the same.

The great advantages of m y improved anchor consist in its increasedefficiency with reduced weight, aftordin g material relief to ships bowsin a head sea, facility of transportation to and from ships, andconvenience of stowage, as thc same is composed of several parts whichcan be readily taken to pieces, and with facility put together again.Besides, the tlukes being separate and independent, the same can be moreeasily forged and give the opportunity of having one spare fluke in caseof accident,

or if one fluke should break away on weighing the anchor.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Connecting the two tlukes of an anchor, hinged to the shank by separatebolts, by a curved bar, G, passingthrough a suitable hole, h, in theshank, in the manner and for the purpose substantially as described andset forth.

EDWARD R. C. MORGAN.

Witnesses HENRY E. RoEDER, T. E. Mason.

